LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - January 20, 2011) - Willow Creek Enterprises Inc. (OTCBB: WLOCD) ("The Company", "Willow Creek") announced today that it has submitted its application for permitting for the Dolly Varden Gold & Copper Property in Nevada. The permitting will include previously announced recommendations for the property which entailed trenching across several of the northeastern fault zones and drilling of holes to test for Gold-Copper mineralization hosted by porphyry intrusive at depth.

"Starting the exploration process on the Dolly Varden Property is extremely encouraging. These permits represent a critical step toward a multiphase drilling and exploration program on target areas within the Dolly Varden . We are fully committed and focused on the development of our Nevada Projects, and are looking forward to a very promising and productive 2011," stated Terry Fields, President, Willow Creek.

The Dolly Varden Gold and Copper Property consists of approximately one thousand and forty acres (1040 acres AKA 420 hectares) located in the prestigious Walker Lane Mineral Belt, Nevada, USA. On January 4th, 2011, The Company announced very positive reports from its geologists who conducted initial ground work on the property. The geologists reported anomalous gold and copper throughout the property (half of the samples contained anomalous gold), while some visible copper staining at the Northeast shears was also observed. The samples collected from this initial groundwork showed early indications of favorable results, which has encouraged management to continue to advance the exploration program.

Sixteen samples were collected and assayed for a suite of elements. Nine of the samples contained significant quantities of copper, silver and/or gold with some also having molybdenum, lead and zinc. Eight of the sixteen rock samples contained gold (Au) values that were anomalous to very anomalous (from 0.028 ppm to 1.51 ppm). Four of the samples contained significant quantities of copper (Cu) (0.14% to 1.55%), and one sample contained significant silver (Ag), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) (55 ppm silver, 13.5% lead and 6.2% zinc).

The company's consulting geologists believe the Dolly Varden project may cover buried porphyry copper-gold mineralization at relatively shallow depths. The target is based on geologic mapping, geochemical sampling and geophysical surveys conducted over the last 20 years. Quartz-sericite and clay altered fault zones have been prospected distal from a centrally located porphyritic intrusive. The alteration zones contain anomalous gold and copper. Historic sampling by previous mining companies obtained values up to 4.5 g/t gold and 2.5% copper in select samples from historic workings. To this date, no known drilling has been conducted within the property boundaries.

About Willow Creek Enterprises Inc.

Willow Creek is a gold, silver and base metal exploration company with the purpose of evaluating, developing and acquiring gold projects of merit with a focus on the United States, Canada and Mexico. At present, Willow Creek is focused on the exploration and development of its Hercules and Dolly Varden Projects, both in Nevada, USA. Willow Creek has also compiled a management team that has the knowledge, experience and motivation to find quality properties at different stages of development in order to fulfill their corporate mission.

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